US 11,729,926 B2
Electronics device having a plastic cover with a sealed center boss
Patrick Su, Shelby Township, MI (US); and Kevin D Moore, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Vitesco Technologies USA LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,717.
Application 17/444,717 is a division of application No. 16/730,162, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,089,705.
Prior Publication US 2021/0383484 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC H05K 5/0213 (2013.01) [G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 5/0004 (2013.01); H05K 5/006 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09063 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronics device, comprising:
a housing, the housing with a post member having a through-hole defined therethrough;
a printed circuit board connected to the housing at a plurality of connection points, the printed circuit board including one or more electric or electronic components disposed thereon,
wherein the post member is disposed through an aperture defined on the printed circuit board, a distal end portion of the post member is deformed so as to fix the printed circuit board to the housing at one of the connection points, and
a seal member wherein the seal member comprises a rubber ball member disposed in the through-hole of the post member so as to form a seal therewith.